Renewing Your Application?
Time to renew your Firewise USA® Community status? Use our checklist to make this process as easy as possible. The year following your Firewise USA® Recognition, you will be required to renew your Firewise USA community each year. Renewals are due in early November of each year, using the Firewise USA® online portal. NFPA information on annual renewal: https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/wildfire/firewise-usa/annual-renewal-information
1. Login to your Firewise USA® portal account and make any necessary updates about your community (resident leaders, site details, board members).
3. Complete a minimum of one Community Education Event related to wildfire risk reduction. See examples.
4. [Every 3 years] Prepare a CALFIRE Three Year Action Plan (
PDF), using observations from the Community Risk Assessment and your neighborhood priorities. Strive for 3-5 goals per category per year.
If you need additional ideas for your plan, visit our Idea Bank
5. [Every 5 years] Complete a new Community Risk Assessment optionally with input from a fire professional. Use the Neighborhood Data Survey to collect info for page 3–7 .
6. Record estimated cubic yards of vegetation removed in your community. Removal can be through chipping, burning, green waste and more. See step 7 in your Firewise online application for details on how to estimate cubic yards removed or 
see this example.
7. Meet the Wildfire Risk Reduction Investment criteria (minimum 1 hour or $33.49 per household for the year). See examples.
- Poll neighbors for hours and $ invested in the last year (individually or community work parties) (Time/Investment Community Survey*). You can also copy this Survey Google Doc template.
- Encourage bragging rights: go well beyond the “low bar” required minimum.
8. Submit your renewal!
